Human Development & Family Studies at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

If you plan to study human development and family studies, take a look at what Northwestern State University of Louisiana has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NSU is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana and approximately 11,447 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,333 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern State University of Louisiana in 2021, 49 of them were human development and family studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Human Development & Family Studies section at the bottom of this page.

NSU Human Development & Family Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development

Online Classes Are Available at NSU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NSU offers distance education options for human development at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

NSU Human Development & Family Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the human development progam at NSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The human development major at NSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Development & Family Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64
Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76
Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80
	112
Best Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Schools	255

Human Development Student Demographics at NSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the human development majors at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

NSU Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 human development majors earned their bachelor's degree from NSU. Of these graduates, 6% were men and 94% were women. The typical human development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at NSU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its human development bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern State University of Louisiana with a bachelor's in human development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NSU also has a doctoral program available in human development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Family & Consumer Sciences

Careers That Human Development Grads May Go Into

A degree in human development can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for LA, the home state for Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Childcare Workers	8,840	$19,820
Community and Social Service Specialists	4,490	$38,450
Social and Human Service Assistants	3,750	$30,360
Preschool Teachers	1,980	$32,290

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Fitzed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.